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Nahum 3:13

Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

In Context

12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

14Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

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Cross References

Psalms 107:16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

Isaiah 45:2“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

Nahum 2:6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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